Last Post for 2006?

This would probably be my last entry for this month and this year, in case I won't be able to update tomorrow. I'm here at work spending the last 3 minutes of my shift blogging (after spending more than 8 hours of watching Princess Hours:p). We are leaving tonight, we are going to celebrate new year's eve at the wedding/honeymoon island of Santorini in Greece. I've been dying to be on that island since the first time I heard about it. From the leaflet that I've got the view is very breathtaking! I'll be taking tons of pictures there! Hehehe. I had a good start this 2006, and I hope to beat that on 2007 if not maybe just as good as this year will be perfectly fine. It's only 5 hours before our departure time. My bags are all packed and I'm ready to go! (humming Leaving on a Jetplane

)

See you all tomorrow if not, just next year! Wheheheh! If I'll be able to log tomorrow, I'll write about our trip and some recap on what happened this year.

I'm off the office... Ciao!

Have a Happy, Happy New Year! :D

Post Christmas Post

How did you spend your christmas?

I spent mine at my aunt's house in Antipolo, we really had a great time! All fun! We had a great feast too! There were lots of food. We also had our DVD marathon of Princess Hours! Hahaha! This is my favorite Korean series now after My Girl, the story is great, it's like a modern-day Cinderella but with a HUGE twist! (Is it just me or I've been really using this 'HUGE' word?) Hehehe Anyway, we also went to my cousin's friend's resort on the night of the 25th, it's somewhere in Teresa in Antipolo. We had drinking spree, my relatives had their videoke moments and some cousins went swimming. I was only indulged on my texting spree and some booze. Though I was sick since the 22nd, it didn't hinder me to have fun still. But on the 26th my body gave up, I thought I only had the ordinary fever and cough, and clogged and runny nose alternating. But I found out I was already down with flu, I was really, really sick. And because of that I wasn't able to come with my office buddies on their post Christmas Happening in a hotel in Manila. I was really sad, if only I could get out from the hospital and take my dextrose with me to the hotel, I might have done it. Hahaha! The receptionist in the hotel might think that I went to the wrong place("Miss hindi po ito hospital, hotel po itong napuntahan n'yo!") Hahaha it would be fun! But I know I can't do it... I really felt I missed half of my life. I don't want them to elaborate what they did that time coz I don't want to feel bad and sad, but I know for sure they had lots and lots of fun just judging on the pictures they took. Sigh.

Anyway, I was discharged from the hospital 27th after lunch, but my officemate called me that no one will man the shift that night so I was forced to report for work. See how lucky a person can get? Another reason to sigh. I didn't really feel well that time but I had no choice. I didn't help myself that night, I dozed off, three hours I think. Heheheh. That's the price they had to pay for making work at a bad shape. heheheh. Good thing there was a 3-hour downtime so I had the license to have my nap time. Thank god, I'm still born lucky. Heheheh.

I'm now in the office, but on a day shift again! I'm not so sick, just a little cold. I'm so excited now, I can't wait till the night of the 30th because we're leaving! Yehey! And after tomorrow I'll have my vacation leave and I'll be out of the office for nine days straight!

And oh.. it's almost my blog's anniversary. Kristinions will be turning one! Yippeee! Can't believe I've gone blogging this far...

Have a happy new year everyone!!!

A Day Before Christmas

It's a day after my brother's birthday, a day before Christmas, I am sick and I am here in the office working. I am really sick, I was down with fever since Friday and I also have this terrible dry cough and this runny nose but it's not enough reason for me not to be here working, and to think today is my rest day. See how lucky I can get this Christmas?

Anyway, mom arrived last night just in time for my brother's birthday celebration. We had a very intimate family dinner, minus the dad. I already accepted the fact that when I speak of 'family' it's just and will always be me, my mom and my brother. I'm not bitter, I'm only stating facts.

And later tonight we're going up to Antipolo, we'll be celebrating Christmas with my mom's cousin's family. I know it will be fun! Last year I wasn't able to celebrate Christmas with my mom, we celebrated it with my dad and his family but this year it will be different. We're going to celebrate Christmas with mom again. I am looking forward to it. I don't know if dad will remember us tomorrow, I'm hoping that he will but I'm not expecting.. It's a different thing.

Anyway, so much of the drama it's only 11 hours before Christmas. I should be going home now.

Have a merry Christmas everyone!

Unwritten

I am so into 'The Hills' and Lauren/LC of course. And I also love the show's theme. The lyrics of the song is so true.

Unwritten

UNWRITTEN
--Natasha Bedingfield
(current LSS)

I am unwritten,
Can't read my mind
I'm undefined
I'm just beginning
The pen's in my hand
Ending unplanned

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words
That you could not find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten Oh

Oh, oh

I break tradition
Sometimes my tries
Are outside the lines
We've been conditioned
To not make mistakes
But I can't live that way oh, oh

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words
That you could not find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten

Gifts, Gifts and Lots of Gifts!

Attention everyone I'm now accepting gifts for christmas. Send your gifts now to avoid the holiday rush... :-D

Xmas Stocking

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My Christmas Wishlist

It's already the 12th, 13 more days to go before christmas. I just can't wait for that day. Anyway, since it's almost christmas I'll write here some things I wanted for the holidays.

1. I want to have those two books by (surprise) Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist and By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept, Lauren Weisberger's Everyone Worth Knowing and Mitch Albom's For One More Day. I know I wrote it before that I already got these books, unfortunately, I lost them. I was in this coffee shop and I think I left my bagful of books there. How sad... Though I already read those books I'll still be very happy if I'll get to keep a copy of those.

2. A coin purse, I really want to have a coin purse. I had one but my cousin took it from me, literally. She was like inlove with my coin purse when she saw it and she just got all my pennies out from the purse and place it in a plastic-like purse, or whatever you call it and she took my coin purse like it was hers. But I know somebody got me a purse already, was it you K'Anne? (assuming)

3. A necklace from Tiffany's. Calling the attention of mom and bro... I'm still expecting to have that gift before the holidays. Hehehe. Demanding!

4. Season 1 DVD of The Hills, I don't know I'm not really fond of reality shows but I just love that show. I'm hoping that Season 2 will be airing soon. Go Lauren! Also, I'm some kind of a Nick fanatic so Zoey 101 and Unfabulous will do. Don't laugh! I know it's a teenybopper show, but who cares I enjoy watching those shows! (walang pakialamanan) I watch Laguna Beach too. I like Lauren but I also like Kristin though she's being a beyotch at times.

That's it! But I don't really care if I won't have any of those. I just want to have a good time during the holidays with family and freinds. A christmas card, a phone call, a text and an e-mail will be greatly appreciated.

Looking Forward

Woohoo! Veinte más días antes de Navidad! Soy apenas tan feliz! I really can't wait till its christmas, and I also can't wait till our 13th month pay will be released. :D

Anyway, Kuya Red told me before that Bridge to Terabithia is now on film. I checked the trailer earlier and the visual effects are great, because it is by Weta Digital (Lord of the Rings, King Kong) and of course they have Warner Bros. as the producer. I can't wait for this movie to be released. I so love this book by Katherine Patterson.

Happy Feet

We've got the happiest feet last Thursday. First we went to a Call Center Expo at the EDSA Shangrila, the event was 'uneventful' but the food were really great! The salad, steak... and specially the desserts! We all love it! We had our pictorial again. And this time with more people... and most of it were taken inside the ladies' room. Hehehe. So don't be surprised if you'll see tissue papers and all...

After lunch or after the event, we went to EDSA Shang (mall) to watch Happy Feet, we got there at quarter to 1, but the movie already started at 12:40 so we need to wait for the next show, good thing Happy Feet is also shown in Cinema 1 at 1:40 so we bought our tickets right away! After buying our tickets we acompany Kitty near the MRT station for she's going back to work (poor kitty). When we got to the 4th floor, we saw Power Station so we decided to spend some time and dime there. We played the table hockey and we shot some hoops! We took photos and videos of us. We were having a really fun time!

Then when its half past 1 we went off to the cinema, but before that we saw the canopy (whatever you call that) for Happy Feet. We wanted our picture to be taken there, so we asked some manong/kuya to take our pic. Luckily he was kind enough to give in to our whims. So there, we had our picture!

We went straight to the cinema after. It is a very funny family movie! Mumble is just sooo cute... and so is Ramon (i'm starting to love him na nga eh). And the sound effects are so great, as well as the voices of the people behind the animated characters. Kudos Warner Bros.!

Okei, so that's all we did for that day. And take note we were awake since Wednesday afternoon, and we barely slept or napped while we were on the night shift... I just don't know with K'Anne... Hehehehe

If you want to see our pics.. Just click here.

Woohoo!

Pacman won! I don't care if this post is a little too late, what matters is Pacquiao won. Period. He made every Filipino in the world very proud to be Pinoy! He is so great in his field. Sa sobrang galing nya... nabitin ako sa fight nila ni Morales. Ang bilis kasi, parang whirlwind! Hehehe. Pero ok lang... panalo naman ang pinoy eh!

OK na si Pacquiao na maging boksingero at negosyante at the same time. Wag lang talaga syang tumakbo... kasi hindi naman s'ya runner eh. Boxer sya... B-O-X-E-R. Boxer!

Basta. Yun lang yun. Akala ko pa naman totohanin ni Morales yung sinabi n'ya. Yun pala... s'ya ang tinapos! Anyway... di naman ako mean eh.. Naawa naman ako sa kanya kasi di na nga sya nanalo, di pa maganda yung pagkatalo n'ya...

Anyway.. ganyan talaga buhay! Mabuhay ka Pacman!

Christmas is Almost Here

My to-die for rest days are here again... Just three more hours before my week officially ends! Life is so great! It just seemed like yesterday was Tuesday and I had a hard time getting my self up for work.. and now it's already Sunday! Geez, how quickly time flies by. We won't notice it but soon it will be Decemeber, and that means only one thing, christmas! As I wrote before Decemember is one of my favorite months. For the obvious reason... And also it's the time of the year where everybody is happy. People put aside their problems for a while for the merriment of the season. And even you have loads on your shoulders just seeing the surroundings full of christmas decors, makes your load lighter and even makes you feel better.

Christmas, if not the happiest but, is one of the happiest holidays on earth. And we filipinos do a lot of preparations for the holiday. For one, we decorate our homes with joyous decors, we go christmas shopping not only for ourselves but for everyone we love, even for some persons that we don't know. my family does that, when someone we don't know comes knocking on our door on christmas day we give them something, like christmas give-aways. Its our simple way of sharing our blessings to the less fortunate. And last but not the least... We prepare a very sumptous and joyous feast on the eve of christmas.

What I love about christmas is the Simbang Gabi, which I haven't completed the 9 mornings yet ever, coz it seems like something comes up or just me feeling too lazy to get-up early in the morning. I also like the decorating part... I love decorating our house. I also love shopping for christmas presents, I like giving gifts but I love receiving gifts more! Hahahaha. I won't be hypocrite here... tell me who among you who doesn't want to receive presents? Raise your feet! Hehehehe. Though I know that "it's better to receive than to give... err to give than to receive" but ... I love receiving presents still!

Also I love the food, though I don't really help prepare. I only do the taste test and of course the eating! And... last but not the least.. I love the christmas gatherings.. be it with family... close friends... high school batchmates.. college firends.. company... organizations... affiliations... or simply the village's christmas party.

The only not-so-downside of christmas for me is.. you spend more.. and you eat more than the usual! But I already planned for that before-hand.. About the spending.. I already saved some money for that just a month after the year started, and I'm trying my hardest not to eat much these past months.. err weeks.. or days I think to prepare for the christmas feast.

Haaaayyy... I'm so excited. I just can't wait till its christmas..

Have a happy weekend evreryone... And pray that Pacquiao wins! Hehehehe

Busy Me

During my rest days I did nothing but sleep. Last Sunday I slept at noon then I woke up the following morning. I can feel my back aching because of oversleeping I think. Then yesterday, I made myself useful and I tidied or place. And its clutter-free now! Yay! Thanks to me! Also after cleaning, I had my dose of reading, its a book called The Java Man, I must admit it was boring but I don't know what keeps me glued to it. Maybe because part of me expects or wants to read something good from it. Or maybe there would be a twist in the story. True, there's a twist in the story and that's the only thing that keeps me going with that book. For me, only a quarter of that book is worht reading... the rest? nah! Don't ask.. it only made me sleepy the whole time I was reading it

After reading the book, I switch to writing. I'm writing a fictional story, I already wrote the first few chapters of the story. I already have the plot in mind. the story is like a film that is shown in my head, it keeps rolling everytime I close my eyes. I so like this story, I have my heart and soul in it. If ever this will the longest composition I ever made.

Anyway, first working day of the week for me. And I'm pretty sure I got a very long week ahead of me. With all the training and campaign monitoring. But I know it pays to be good, so I'll be good! Hehehe Ciao.

XOXO

Update

It's already November and I haven't updated my little blog since mom arrived. Anyway, I had a great time when mom was here, yeah she's left last Tue. We've got to visit our relatives when she was here and my brother and I were able to meet some of our second degree cousins. When mom was here I barely slept, we always have itineraries for the day. We go shopping, visit our relatives, go shopping again, dine out and any mother and daughter bonding you can think of. And it really felt good waking up and seeing her face. And also great to have her around because she we felt really pampered, she cooks for us and she helps or rather she keeps our place free of clutter. It was really great having her around, unfortunately she had to leave because she have work in the province. But it's still fine because we'll be seeing each other in a month's time. She'll be here before the holidays. We haven't decided yet as to where to celebrate the holidays but for sure the three of us will be together. Anyway we're still thinking about Santorini, Hongkong or Zamboanga as our holiday destination this year.

Ei, I'm forgetting an important news here... Sheina and I had been transferred from MIS to Technical department. We started last Tuesday here and so far so good. People here are also warm and friendly just like from our previous department.Our job now is not a database developer anymore, we are I dunno what to call it but I think we're most likely Dialer officers. Is there such thing? Hehehe.

oops .. we also had a seminar last Monday at the makati Shangrila. If you want to see our pictures you can view it here.

Anyway got to work, Ciao.

Mom's here

My mom finally arrived in our humble place last night after changing airlines, and delayed flight. I was the one who fetch her at the airport, it was my first time going to the airport commuting and alone. And believe me, it was hard... so many hitches but still I was able to fetch my mom. Hehehe. I won't elaborate everything that I went through... it's just very time consuming. Also, I wasn't able to report for work last night because the three of us, my mom, brother and I had a feast! We had a special reunion dinner and a great time conversing. After dinner, the bed was so tempting so I decided to take a power nap, unfortunately I wasn't able to get up for work. So there... I was absent! Hehehe. I don't have regrets though... It's so worth it

Still about High School Musical
I like this song... so true... I think this is my life's OST as of the moment. Heheheh

When There Was Me and You
Vanessa Anne Hudgens

It's funny when you find yourself
Looking from the outside
I'm standing here but all I want
Is to be over there
Why did I let myself believe
Miracles could happen
Cause now I have to pretend
That I don't really care

I thought you were my fairytale
A dream when I'm not sleeping
A wish upon a star Thats coming true
But everybody else could tell
That I confused my feelings with the truth
When there was me and you

I swore I knew the melody
That I heard you singing
And when you smiled
You made me feel
Like I could sing along
But then you went and changed the words
Now my heart is empty
I'm only left with used-to-be's
And once upon a song

Now I know you're not a fairytale
And dreams were meant for sleeping
And wishes on a star
Just don't come true
Cause now even I can tell
That I confused my feelings with the truth
Because I liked the view
When there was me and you

I can't believe that
I could be so blind
It's like you were floating
While I was falling
And I didn't mind
Cause I liked the view
Thought you felt it too
When there was me and you

Addiction

I'm addicted! This time not only to the idiot box, I'm way over it. Maybe I just got used to not being able to watch TV for quite a while for I've been a nocturnal worker for almost a couple of months, no time for channel surfing and for the couch potato in me. All I do nowadays, is just sleep, eat, shop.. and did I mention sleep? I'm getting all the sleep that I needed. And I feel that I'm gaining weight now, I don't know if it's a good sign or not. Some says it is, but some also says it isn't. Geez, I don't know what to believe now. Anyway back to my addiction/s... I so like Debenhams store now, I like the designer brands they offer: Pineapple, Redherring, Rocha.John Rocha, Jasper Conran, Star.. and a lot more! I'm so into Debenhams now, but not like my being 'into Kamiseta', it's my true love dude! Speaking of Kamiseta, my plans of having my own store will soon be realized! I'm openning my very own shop before the year ends. I'm working on it now. My second addiction... anything oatmeal. Whether oatmeal for for breakfast, lunch or dinner, oatmeal cookie, oatmeal soap... anything so long as it has oatmeal tattooed on it! Third, the High School Musical, I like the movie so much, I watched it a little more than 5 times I think. It's like my childhood favorite movie, the Sound of Music. I just love those kind of movies... musical. They are so lively! And I like the songs too, I mean the whole soundtrack of it. And basing on the number of times I watched it... you bet I memorized the songs by now. And lastly the newest addition to my addiction? Fruit juices! I'm sort of into a fruit juice diet, I can't really live with the fruit only diet literally so I just made it to an 'eat-anything-but-with-fruit-juice'


Reunited soon...

My mom's coming over for the first time to our new place in Mandaluyong on Tuesday... I'm excited to see her... I don't care if she'll go rant again on how I handle my finances... just the thought of her coming over makes me feel really good. Even better. She's like my comfort zone. I can't wait for her to arrive and for us to have our mother and daughter bonding.

Congratulations...

Kuya Red and K'Anne... They're not getting married, ok? They just got regularized. Way to go! Don't forget our treat!

Holidays...

Yay! Christmas is coming... and I can already feel the cool breeze of December... Christmas decors are visible almost everywhere... I sooo lurve christmas... it's the time of the year that everyone's got a reason to be happy. For the obvious reason... But it also means... spending... spending time with family and friends... and spending money for christmas presents. But it's ok, as my BIG sistah puts it 'it's like sharing our blessings..'. Can't wait for christmas to come! But before that, I have the next couple of days as my rest days... a reason to be happy!

My LSS' at the moment...

What I've Been Looking For
(from the movie High School Musical.. I love both versions.)

It’s hard to believe
That I couldn’t see
You were always there beside me

Thought I was alone
With no one to hold
But you were always right beside me

This feeling’s like no other
I want you to know

I’ve never had someone
that knows me like you do
The way you do
I’ve never had someone
as good for me as you
No one like you

So lonely before
I finally found
What I’ve been looking for diet. And it goes just fine with me, I don't feel so deprived and starved. I still get to eat anything that I want. How about you? Do you have recent addiction/s?

Antipolo Day!

K'Anne and I agreed to visit the cathedral of Nuestra Señora dela Paz Y Buen Viaje (Our Lady Of Peace and Good Voyage) in Antipolo last Monday. And prior to that day I, along with my FTI friends went to hear mass at the Quiapo church. When I told my brother about my going to Quaipo and Antipolo he even teased me that he wants her sister back. He thought that I was possessed or something, 'coz you know... I pray but I'm not really the type who does Visita Iglesia every once in a while. I jokingly answered him with a 'Ano ka ba, I'm even going to Baclaran and Manaoag next week.' And his jaw almost dropped, he just had the shock of his life!

Anyway, K'Anne and I met up at Mc Donalds in Starmall, we haven't been there before that really. It's just that the FX/van terminal to Antipolo is just at the front parking of the mall. We left Manila at past 11. We arrived in Antipolo at past 12 too, then we went straight to the church. Before we reached the church it was already drizzling, luckily each of us brought our own umbrella so it wasn't a hasle at all. When we were about to leave the cathedral, the rain stopped. So we headed out to the pasalubong center, we were welcomed by a lady who's in her thirties, I guess. And she ushered us to her stall, and offered us free taste of her suman and cashew nuts. I ate the suman, but I didn't buy it... Hehehe... K'Anne and I also tasted the cashew nuts, flavored and unflavored and she decided to buy the adobong kasuy, of course she didn't buy it right away. We haggled! Even just for ten pesos, hehehe. It's a good feeling when you're able to haggle. We even managed to ask for dagdag!

After buying the adobong kasuy, we went to look for a restaurant that is just unique in Antipolo. Unfortunately, we didn't get to find one. We asked almost every tricycle driver but all they suggested were fastfood chains, not unique eh? We also asked a tricycle driver to get us to Barrio Fiesta but he told us that it's way too far and we need to pay over a hundred bucks. So we just left the manong that we asked, and continued walking... searching for a good resto. We thought of going to Padi's point, so we went near the gas station to wait for a jeep that will take us to Sumulong highway, we waited for about 15 minutes but still no trace of jeep. So we walked further, and asked a police officer that we saw along the way, but still he can't suggest any resto aside form the fastfood chains. There was also a guy who offered to get us to a kainan and bulaluhan, but we refused. We didn't like the idea. Another tricycle driver offered to take us to Circumferential Road, 'coz he said that there might be restos there that we would somehow like. We gave in. We rode on his tryke, it was just about 5 minutes then he stopped to Alejandro's Grill and Restaurant, he asked us if we wanted to check it. We did, and just decided to have our lunch there. The driver charged us Php35! Not overpricing! (Sarcastic)

We went inside the resto, their guests were only a group of three persons. But since, were near hopeless, we just stayed. There were huts outside the resto, we took the hut that is in the far corner, away from the road but near the shade of the mango trees. I had sisig and K'Anne had sizzling squid and cream of mushroom soup for both of us. It was only I who ordered for rice 'coz K'Anne's on a diet. We were chatting endlessly while having our lunch, we had our pitures taken. We had a great time. We talked about what were going to do next, since we were both not familiar with the place we had no idea. But a memory of hinulugang taktak glided on my mind so I suggested that we go there, and see for ourselves.

After paying for our bill, we waited for a tryke outside the resto. When there was one, we asked the driver to take us to the sakayan to the waterfalls coz we thought that it was also far, but he suggested that he take us there. We asked for the price and he said that it would only cost us Php28, so off we go! When we got there, the trail down to the falls was muddy and slippery due to the rain. There were also a bunch of people there, having 'discussions', i suppose and some of them are just tourists like us, 'coz you know.. they were also taking pictures like us. The national park neither looks good nor bad, its state is somewhere in between. But from the looks of it, I can tell that the place used to be really great. (yeah right, how would it become a national park if it wasn't?) You can also see the trace of the recent super typhoon Milenyo, most of the branches of the trees were broken, there was a landslide, and the basin of the waterfalls is full of broken branches, leaves and some garbage. Its so sorry to see how the once great place had ended that way. Some people are just ungrateful to nature... it is also so sad to know that some people are also the cause of the destruction of nature. But its also great to know that they are planning to restore the national park, but I still think that prevention is better than cure... It only had me wished that they took great care of the place, it wouldn't have come to this state. But even with the destruction... we still managed to take great pitures! hehehehe thanks to our 'photographer' selves. Hehehehe.

After almost an hour, we left the place and went back to the city proper, we got off at McDo, used the toilet, buy us drinks (we were exhausted of the uphill climb from the falls to the exit.). Then went to the terminal... We arrived at Crossing at half past four. I walked K'Anne to the bus stop, then I headed to megamall to pay for my credit card bills and do some grocery shopping. haaayy, I'm not yet married but I get to do the housewives' stuff. I also brought mine and my brother's clothes to the laundromat. coz he asked me too. What a way to end a great day.... :)

Our Antipolo pictures here...

Sleepless Again

It was Nhez' birthday yesterday, I greeted her at the eve of her birthday, then she invited me to her party at their house in Cavite. I wasn't really sure if I would go for the reason that I still have work Saturday night. After my shift, I went to FTI to see my friends there, they were still calling when I got there, which means that I must behave. After their calling, Bec, Rey, Joey and I talked about going to the weekend market at the Salcedo (pronounced as : Sal-sey-do hehehe) park here in Makati, but when were about to leave the office we just decided to have breakfast at Jollibee,Export Bank branch at Gil Puyat Ave. We also met up with Nathan and his friend there. While eating we argued as to where we're going after our breakfast, we had Quiapo, Rey's pad and Nhez' party in mind, but we really can't decide. After eating, Bec decided to just go home cause she was already sleepy, Nathan and his friend left, and Joey and I went on our way to Rey's pad. When we almost got there, we decided to surprise Nhez at her party since she wasn't expecting for us to come anymore because we told her earlier that we're not able to make it due to our work schedules.

We took a cab to Landmark, and from there we took a shuttle to Cavite. We were really tired and sleepy, but it was only Joey who fell asleep while on our trip. We got off at Zapote and took a jeepney that will pass at the ADDAS' village in Molino. When we got off at the junction going to ADDAS, we forgot the name of Nhez' street. We just took the tryke and told the driver to take us to Mapacpac's residence, good thing Nhez' family owns some tryke so the drivers were quite familiar about them. We got at Nhez' house at past 12 noon, there were already lots of her neighbors and relatives there, all were having a good time. We saw Nhez' mom and she walked us to Nhez' room, when Nhez saw us she was ecstatic! She didn't expect us to come, 'coz we already had our excuses earlier that day. We talked a little about her recent trip to Bohol and Cebu, then she led us out of her room to eat our lunch. The food were great! I especially love the shrimps, good thing my body was cooperative yesterday... my skin allergy didn't break out.

After eating, we had our videoke sessions, and it was only Joey who's the constant bearer of the microphone, she doesn't share it with us... else she's not familiar with the song. ;))

We left Nhez' house at 3:30 in the afternoon, we took a different route (via Coastal Road), then from Baclaran we took the bus that will pass by Ayala, coz we need to drop Rey at Washington. When were at the bus, the exhaustion is evident on us but that didn't keep us from having fun. We played games on the bus, laugh... talk... we were even like little kids throwing tiny balls of paper on each other. We were very magulo on the bus!

When Rey got off, Joey and I behaved. She even took a nap, i think. We both got off at Boni and I got home at around 6:30 maybe. I set my alarm clock, then I hurriedly flopped myself to bed. I walk up at 8:30PM becasue of my alarm snoozing, but I didn't get up right away, I reset my alarm at 8:45, I extended my sleep for a while. When my alarm goes on again, I had no choice but to get up and get ready for work. I took a bath, put on some clothes (of course), then left the house for work.

It was already 9:52 when I arrived at Ayala. I only had 8 minutes left before my shift starts. I was walking a little too fast... Good thing I got at work at 9:58. Lucky me!

It's now past 5AM but I'm still alive and kicking! I didn't get the chance to take a nap during my break. I was busy surfing the net... and listening to music... Barely 2 more hours to go and my week will officially end! Yippee!

Happy weekend to me, K'Anne and Rey we share the same rest days... :-P

Charming Entry

I completely forgot about the TV show Charmed since the start of the fourth season. But recently, when I was googling for something, I was led to this site , and they have a database of scripts of almost all tv series. I saw Charmed, and when I began reading, the Charmed memories resurface on me, and voila I'm hooked once again! I didn't stop reading till the very last episode of the third season! I think I already read those more than twice and I can say that I have memorized each line by heart! :)

And because of that I felt the urge to buy my own set of DVDs of that tv series. As of the moment, my most priced 'wordly' possession is not anymore my laptop, mobile phone nor my wallet but its my Charmed DVD set! Especially the first three seasons where Prue's still alive and literally kicking evil/demon's butts! What I love about Charmed is not the evil/demon fighting nor vanquishing. It's about the life of the young, smart and gorgeous ladies and sisters! And how close their bond as sisters and friends. And how they clash with each other sometimes but eventually fix things and learn to accept their differences.

Haaaay, Charmed makes me wish to have sisters like them. They are so... so! Life with them will never be boring.... There are also times or maybe often times I wish I'm one of them or just have one of their powers. I remember in high school my friends and I would play a 'Charmed' game, my friend Nina wants to play Piper, she will move her hands like Piper does when she wants to freeze time, and all of us would go 'frozen'! And I get to play Prue then, I move my hands and my friends like move to other direction! We also play Phoebe sometimes, when we touch or hold on something we pause, just like what Phoebe does when she gets flash or premonition. I can say that my crowd in high school were really Charmed fanatic. We always watch it, and never failed to watch any of the episodes. I remember back then that I talked to my mom just to extend my bedtime from 9 o'clock to 10 every Monday just to give way to my Charmed watching. ;)) And I didn't get to have a hard time asking her about that 'coz she too is hooked up with the sisters! Heheheh See how lucky a person can get?!

So much blogging about Charmed, I need to watch them again... ;)) I copied the DVD files to my PC here at work.. ;))

Busy-Busyhan Part II

Dahil may super typhoon Milenyo at wala dapat sanang pasok sa trabaho at dahil taga-US yung mga client namin... kahit bumabagyo andito kami sa office. At dahil wala pang kuryente ginagamit namin ngayon ang power supply lang ng Peak Tower. Sobrang init dahil di pinagana yung A/C! Feeling namin ay nilelechon na kami dito! So, kahit katatapos lang ng bagyo ay eto kami at kumakain ng ice cream at tinapay habang nanonood ng Charmed at nagpipicture-an.... :) Di rin naman kasi nakapagtawag yung ibang campaign dahil wala masyadong agents na pumasok dahil nga sa katatapos lamang na bagyo, at malamang ay binaha na yung iba, di makasakay or sadyang tinamad lang. Pero andito kami at nagsasaya! :)

ice cream monsters! mukhang inaantok/kagigising lang pero di mo aakalaing makakaubos ng isang tub ng ice cream!

Picture-an muna before we burrow on our seats...

Concentrate ang lahat sa panonood ng Charmed Season 1...

Habang kami ay nagcoconcentrate... si kuya Red concentrate din sa pagpipicture!

eto ang kabuuan ng aming busy-busyhan.... :D More busy-busyhan moments here...

Busy-Busyhan

Though how busy and how crazy we get some/often times. There are some company policies that we never fail to follow.

Like....

Busy ang mga IS, pero kahit gaano kapagod...gising na gising dahil "Bawal MATULOG sa trabaho!"

Kahit gutom.. tinitiis dahil "Bawal din KUMAIN sa post".

at dahil busy kaming lahat... eto pa... Brainstorming with the IS teammates.


Heheheh ang saya sa office noh? Very professional ang lahat! :D

3 more nights to go before my week ends! :D

Backing Out

So, we've planned this trip for almost over a month. We've set the best date where all of us would be available. We're off to have an overnight stay at Pansol in Laguna and EK the following day. But since our schedules have been changed, and most of us have switched schedules those from the night shift were transferred to the day, and the other way around, we decided to drop the overnight thingy and just proceed with the day at EK.

We were all so excited, all was set. We were all like anticipating for the day to arrive.

We were supposed to leave Sunday, September 24 right after mine and K'Anne's shift since we were only the ones working on Saturday night. When I got home Saturday morning, I went to bed straight so to have more than eight hours of sleep so that I'll have enough energy to have fun at EK after sleepless night at work.

I woke up at around 5 o'clock in the afernoon and I found that I have messages on my mobile phone. I read it, thinking that it was one of my office buddies who's as escited as I am to have that little trip to Enchanted Kingdom. Yeah, I got it right it was from one of my officemates, Kitty, she said that she won't be able to come with us because her parents didn't let her. I was in dismay for a while but I told myself that there were still four of us left, why not go still. Then after a while I got another message again, this time it's from Red, I pressumed it was sent to all of us who were supposed to go to EK. He said that he can't make it too coz he have LBM that time, and suggested that we call the EK trip off since we can't all got together. I was really dissappointed, my mind was set since we started planning this together. I went back to sleep, woke up, and went to work with a heavy heart. When I got at work, K'Anne is already there and she was also disappointed as I am. We were talking our hearts out over the situation.

EK is not really a big deal for me, but the company and the time that we'll have there is the biggest deal! All of us going together is a very rare occassion, I think it will only happen once in a blue moon, I just wished that the blue moon showed up last September 24. Sigh.

P.S.

Kitty, tampo parin ako sa'yo.:( Everytime, I asked you out if its not a UAAP game you always refuse. I'm sensing something... :D

And Kuya Red, you always back out on the last minute... remember our little field trip to Intramuros, the trip to Corregidor and this EK thingy? You backed out the last minute and you always have the same reason... LBM! Hmnn... I smell something fishy... ;))

Next time you plan again to go out, I won't be expecting it to push through and I won't commit either, 'coz its always jinxed. :(

Puerto Galera Getaway

My schedule was changed from Monday-Friday to Tuesday-Saturday, so that means I had three days-off from work. I thought of something or someplace to spend my 3 days off from work. I had Baguio or Puerto Galera in mind. It was already Friday night, and I’m still not decided as to where I should go. Saturday morning I woke up past 9, I was already thinking about cancelling the trip (wherever would that be) and just stay at home. But my mind was really confused, so I decided to pursue the trip but the destination is yet to be decided. I wanted to go to Baguio but I had second thoughts. I asked my brother, and he suggested that I should just go for Puerto Galera since I haven’t been there yet unlike Baguio. I hesitated at first, I really can’t decide. So my brother just left for work but told me to be sure to inform him where I’m heading. I was really, really confused. After quite sometime and after a lot of thinking I settled for a Puerto Galera getaway. I left home at 1 o’clock in the afternoon, I just texted my brother to inform him that I was set for Puerto. It’s a shame but I have to admit that I wasn’t really sure on how to get to Puerto Galera, it will be a very different experience for me. So my first problem was getting there, and I remembered that there was a bus in Kamias to Batangas Pier. I headed to Kamias and took the bus to Batangas Pier, good thing there were no traffic jams coz it was Saturday. The bus arrived at the Pier at half past three. When I got off the bus there was a lady who took my bag, I told her that I don’t need a hand because I can carry it myself. The lady insisted on carrying my stuff and told me that she won’t charge me anything for it, I didn’t really believe her coz I know that at this time nothing’s free, I know that there will be a catch. I wasn’t wrong, there really is! She offered me local delicacies and asked me to buy all those. I thought it was just ok, but when I asked the price… oh my god! She is very overpricing! She’s selling me some sweetened tamarind for a hundred and eighty bucks and a polvoron-like delicacy for the same price. I was really shocked, I never expected for that tamarind to be that expensive and that polvoron-like stuff? I don’t think they’re from Goldilocks, so no reason for those to be pricey. I didn’t accept the food they were trying to sell to me. But they kept on insisting and I’m quite pissed off, to avoid my temper from rising and to make them stop I just bought those coz I was really in a hurry to get my self to Puerto Galera.

When I got to the port terminal there were several men from those shipping lines trying to win a ticket sale on me. A guy asked me where am I going, I told him I’m off to Puerto, then he asked me back Sabang or White Beach? I have no idea! I went near the ticketing booth and saw the schedule of the trips. I saw that the trip to Sabang is earlier than the trip to White Beach, so I bought a ticket to Sabang. I went inside the port terminal, there were lots of people inside. Then there was a lady who sat beside me, just to be sure about my choice I asked her if where’s better Sabang or White Beach then she told me that White Beach is better than Sabang. I was confused again. I decided to go back to the ticketing booth and have my ticket refunded so that I can buy another ticket to White Beach. When I got there the lady in the ticketing booth doesn’t accept ticket refunds, luckily there was a lady there who’s going to Sabang so I sold her my ticket and I bought one to White Beach. On the schedule board it says that the boat to White Beach will be leaving at 4:30, but because there were few passengers our trip was very delayed. We left Batangas Pier at 6:00, and there were only 3 passengers, all of us were girls and 4 crews of the boat and all of them were men. Our sailing was fine not until we were almost in White Beach, it was like riding the Anchor’s Away ride at EK. The boat is rocking so hard. Maybe if I didn’t have a tighter grip, I could have fell off from where I was seated.

When we got at White beach it was already past 7 o’clock. I started looking for a place to spend the whole time I’m in the island. I saw this not-so-big ad it says ‘Marco Vincent Resort the biggest resort in White Beach’, I followed the resort and it was like a fifteen-minute walk from where our boat docked. I don’t know if that was really 15 minutes or I was just exaggerating. :D And you know it’s really hard to walk on sand carrying your luggage. When I got to the resort, its really true, theirs is the biggest resort in White Beach. I checked in, checked the place then fixed myself and I headed out to the beach front for dinner. I met some people at the resto there, they were really friendly…..

I flopped to bed that night earlier than my usual bedtime. I just felt so tired maybe because of the long trip. I also woke up up earlier than usual, truly "early to bed, early to rise"! I had a great breakfast, courtesy of the resort's complimentary breakfast. After eating, I went to have a walk to the beachfront. I wandered along the shore. Earlier that morning I had the urge to go swimming on the beach, but when I got there I lost interest coz it seems like everyone have company but me. So I just went back to the resort and decided to just swim in the resort's pool. I had the pool for myself, not just the pool but the entire resort. I was their only guest left, that morning, all of their guests be it foreigner and local had checked-out already.

Before lunchtime my brother arrived, and after leaving his things in the hotel we went straight to the beachfront to look for a restaurant where we could have our lunch. After that we went back again to the hotel. I just spent the whole afternoon sleeping, while my brother went to wander around White Beach. He just came back right after sunset and asked me to get up and have dinner. I really felt like relaxing the whole time I was there, and sleeping is my idea of relaxing! You got it right, all I did that day is just sleep.

The following day, we both got up quite late, and we also had of course, a late breakfast! Hehehe. After that my brother finally forced me to swim in the beach, since it would be my last day, I gave in to his idea. We had so much fun swimming!

After swimming, we ate our lunch and went back to the resort and get ourselves ready for our trip back to Manila.

Though I didn't have enough time, I still enjoyed my/our little weekend getaway.

(my brother said that if he only knew that my idea of relaxing is just sleep, he told me that I should have just stayed at home or just checked-in on one of the hotel here at the metro.)

For the Best

She is my exact opposite. We don’t seem to agree in so many things, from the type of clothes we wear, the books we read, the places we go, the music we listen and the movies and television shows we watch. Between the two of us she’s always been the fashionista and kikay type, and I’m more on the ‘dress-safely’ side, the jeans-and-tee kind of girl. She loves reading romance novels, and I was into adventure the likes of Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys when I was growing up. She wants to go to places which I don’t like, she listens to love songs before going to bed and I have alternative music as my lullaby. She loves watching sappy movies be it foreign or local, and I just simply hate those kinds before. By simply putting it, we clash, we always do.

When I was in my teenage years, we always have this cat fight. And mind you, there was never a week that we don’t fight. But despite these differences, we still love each other. And I know and I can say that she loves me and my brother more than anything in this world. And with that great love, we’ve settled our differences. We try to reach out with one another. She even started to like alternative music, and I also learned to love the love songs she listens. And she made me appreciate romance novels, though I rarely read those types but hey I try to when I got no other book to read. And she also learned to love my cooking, or maybe she just got used to it. And maybe she doesn’t have a choice but to appreciate her daughter’s urghhh cooking..

She’s been through so many things while raising us. She juggled jobs, she literally made both ends meet just to give us a comfortable life. Which we are thankful for till this very day. She’s the sister that I never have, the best friend that will never ever leave my side. The fashion guru/make-up artist that never charges a penny but only hugs and kisses. She’s the greatest mom that I ever had (as if I have more than one!). She’s also the coolest mom ever. She lets me sleep over at friends’ houses and the other way around. She covers up for me when my grandmother looks for me when I’m hanging around town with friends. She also helped me sneak in and out of the house when I need to attend late club and society meetings. She’s my confidante, I turn to her to ask for advice in making a decision, whether it’s just a matter of what clothes to wear for a certain affair or what to do with a cheating boyfriend. She’s been very supportive of all my endeavors in life. And she’s always been my number one fan. She appreciates even the littlest thing I do. She’s really the best, I won’t trade her for anything. If given a chance I’ll still choose her to be my mom in my next life.

As mentioned in my previous post, September is my mom’s birth month, September 17. I just want to have something here in my li’l blog dedicated to her. So here it is… ma, we’ve been through a lot, through heaven and hell but we’re still here standing still and loving each other more and more each day. I love you so much. Happy, happy birthday!

For the Sake of Updating

Yay! I'm already back from my (our) trip. I felt sorry for not updating this blog. Its just that I got my two hands full these past weeks. I've been juggling everything... you know work, family, fun... But I got really great results from juggling ^__^.

So, about the trip.. I'll post about it next time (when the pictures are ready), and when I get more time to think about all the things that happened. It didn't sink in yet. Hehehe. I got more than I can cope.

Anyway, just posting this post (yeah, right) to greet my friends who celebrated or will celebrate their birthdays this month.

To Jeyeen --- Happy, happy birthday! We haven't heard from each other since ... christmas 2005? I hope that you're doing great.

Emerlyn --- I'm not really sure about the date maybe because we live in different time zones? ;)) But I'm very sure that you're doing great in your job (as a mom), and that you had a very great time during your birthday.

K'Anne ---- Haven't got you anything yet... I don't have time to scry now.... maybe after this week. Thanks for the siomai!

Kuya Red ---- You too, didn't get you anything but you also owe me, i mean us (sheina and k'anne) a treat!

Mark ---- my best BOY friend! You didn't reply to my message. I hope you're doing just fine. Focus on your review first, forget about girls for now you've got a lot of time for them (us?) after the board exams. :D

Ate Karen ---- haven't heard from you too! Are you still Cebu? Hope we can meet up, I'm planning to go there one of these days. I miss your library. And your brilliant mind!

Neneng ---- I know you're not into the virtual world but I'll greet you still... it's the thought that counts. :)

Ms Filsie ---- my high school teacher who looks like Prue Halliwell (Shannen Doherty). I'm hoping to see you soon. we haven't communicated for about a couple of years. I missed our stories and your sensible advice.

Nathan ---- who among the stone ground will ever forget your birthday? I hope we can go back to Baguio... unplanned again. It's just so exciting! We already tried bull riding last year, how about bungee jumping or sky diving this year?

last but not the least (of course not the least!)....

my mom ---- Ma, love you so much. I'm looking forward to seeing you again. I bought some stuff for you but I already wore some of them...ooops sorry. I just can't help myself, I sooo love some of the stuff that I got for you. But nonetheless there are still few things left for you. Heheheh About your gift... I'm still thinking of what I'm going to get you. But for sure it won't be a birthday card, but it'll be a week late though.

and to everyone who are celebrating their birthdays this month...

Happy Birthday to all of you!

Treat and Trip

Oh my! I know that I haven't updated this blog for a while but I didn't realize that it was already a couple of weeks since the last time that I updated this pretty li'l blog of mine. ^_^

I didn't even get to 'blog' about what had happened when we watched UAAP live at Ultra (ADMU vs UST), though our team didn't win that time, it was still worth it. Its a great game though!

Anyway, I was thinking about going to Baguio tomorrow, almost all is set but yesterday my cousin Trish called me and asked if I could come with her to Singapore tonight because she and her boyfriend were supposed to have that little fieldtrip in Sing, but something came up and her boyfriend can't make it so she's taking me with her instead of him. Though I'm only the second choice, but who cares? That's Singapore we're talking about man! And who am I to say no to that offer? It's all expense paid, as in totally free! When she asked me I didn't say yes right away, of course I thought of it first for about 5 seconds! Whehehehe!

So, were off to Singapore tonight! Yippee! Thanks a lot Trish, love you lots!

Orchard Rd.... Marina Square.... here I come!

Apologies and Acknowledgement

I wasn’t able to do the stuff I had on my list for the weekends. Why? I had a spontaneous night out with some work buddies. And our drinking spree ended at 5 in the morning, after the partei I slept at Ray’s pad with Nhez and Estee. I went home at 10AM I think, and when I get there I just slept then went to Shang to meet my brother, I had a little shopping, ate dinner then went home. Monday, I did nothing too but bumming around the house. That’s just what I did.

I wasn’t able to fly to Cebu because my flight was 5AM (Sunday), but I was still at a drinking session that time. I ended up calling the airline for a re-book. Haaaayyyy… I should have been to Malapascua…. Swimming and enjoying but on second thought I have no regrets I still had a great time with my friends and new acquaintances.

Also, I need to say sorry to Kitty and Trish, we weren’t able to watch the game live at Araneta. Huhuhuhu… My apologies… It’s just that I didn’t have enough battery that time to get up… I really lacked sleep, and I still had a hang over from the previous night out. I’m really sorry girls… Trish, I’ll make it up to you, if you want I’ll stay with you every night till the shop closes… I have another option I can man the shop for you on Monday and you can have your day off at work. What d’ya think? And Kitty, we’re going to watch it on Sunday. I’m going to clear my schedule on Saturday night (hehehe as if), and I won’t let anything stop us from watching the game. Hehehehe.

I’m really sorry….

And Nhez thanks for taking me to that partei! I enjoyed it… really!

About Moving on....

I went to G3 yesterday to buy myself a black Havaianas Joy (it looks like this but just black)because when I went there last Monday one of the shop attendants told me that new stocks will be arriving on Friday and that was yesterday. I had high hopes of getting my own because surely there'll be enough stocks, when I got there... Voila! The black Havaianas Highs and Joys are sold out! Waaaaaaahhh! I almost scream when I heard the attnedant telling me those. What the.. ? It was just earlier that day when the stocks arrived and already gone before sunset??? Poor me...

So to mask my disappointment and to give myself a consolation I got myself two books from Power Books(they're on sale 20% off till the end of the month), one by Paulo Coelho (of course my fav'rite author) and the other by Katherine Patterson.

I started reading the Bridge To Terabithia last night around 10 o'clock I was just planning to read half of it because I still have work early the following day but when I was halfway I got really hooked, and I ended up reading the whole book last night. I didn't put it down until I was done reading it all. And because of that I'm very sleepy now and my eyes are very droopy. Its not because I read till dawn. No, in fact I finished reading it at half past twelve I think. But the thing is I spent about a couple of hours pondering about the book and the lessons I got from it. The book is very good, and to tell you it was the third book that I've read that really made me cry... The first book that I've read that made me cry was the Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, second was Tuesday's with Morrie by Mitch Albom and last but not the least... Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Patterson.

Actually, the book is a children's book I think or a tweeeners'. Anyway, i'ts a story about the friendship of a ten year old boy(Jess) and girl(Leslie). It tackles about their lives as kids and it also signifies that even how different the persons can be from each other still they can be friends, not just ordinary friends but the best of friends! In the book the two kids made their own imaginary place/'kingdom', ruled by no less than the two of them. It also tells about moving on.. No matter how big the piece you have lost.. still you need to fight and move on...

And speaking of moving on...

I sent my ex a greeting because it was his birthday. My ex and I were not bitter with each other we still ended up as friends but not like the way we used to before we're together. Anyway, he replied to my e-mail and told me that he's getting married. I thought it was just a joke but he told me that he isn't bluffing. I thought of some reasons why he's gettimg married at such a young age and her soon-to-be wife is even younger than us. I had this feeling that maybe she got her girlfriend preggy. I asked him why but he didn't mail me back. And then yesterday, our common friend told me that her girlfriend is 3 months preggy. I wasn't shock at all since I already had the feeling. After my friend told me about the news she then asked me how I feel, and I said I'm a little sad because they're too young. And she again asked if that's what I really feel and nothing more? And I said yes and that's all it! Maybe if this happened when I was still not over him, I dunno... maybe I'd freak out! hahahaha Actually, I really don't know. But for sure I'll be shedding a bucket of tears maybe... But that's if this happened before I was totally over him.

I have moved on.. and he did too. In fact he was the first to have moved on... He had a girlfriend after barely a year we broke up. And that girlfriend is soon to be his wife... and the mother of his child.

As of now he haven't replied to my e-mail yet or maybe he'll never will. And I don't want to mess up with his life either. We're both living separate lives...

Happy Birthday my Tito!

I want to greet a happy birthday my best college BOY friend Jack. Though I don't show it but really I'm missing you so much... I'm missing the whole gang and I hope to see you all soon. Let's party when I get there!!!!


Weekend Getaway


My rest days are here! Yippeee! I'm flying to Cebu first thin in the morning. I'm going to Malapascua in Bantayan Island. I'm going to spend a couple of days there... all alone!

Pampalipas Oras

I was very sleepy a while ago then i got an e-mail from one of our project managers, the subject was 'Pamapalipas Oras', when I clicked the link it made me really hyper! Nagising talaga ang utak ko! I recommend that you try this too! It's really fun! :-P

After you take this puzzle... tell me the keyword! :-P

LALA lalalala.....

Yesterday we had our IS Team meeting, as usual our meeting was extended until around twelvish. Our meeting was all about our regular tasks, and our pending projects I won’t elaborate those ‘coz I already had enough of it yesterday. :D

Also our supervisor gave us a little surprise, he brought us LALA! Yehey! I’ve been very curious about this local chocolate, my officemates have been telling me about this. They have known this chocolate since they were kids but I only got hand of this yesterday. Poor us. (US because K’Anne and Ate Shein also doesn’t know about his) Our childhood was deprived of this local goody. But its not yet too late, we were able to taste it yesterday. Thanks to you Sir Wilson our childhood is now complete! Hahahahaha!

Anyway, technically our meeting ended at around 11:00AM but as usual we spent the last part of our meeting talking nonsense! We talked about our childhood past time (childhood experiences were brought up because of LALA). We talked about the games we used to play when we were young; all of us in our team are of the same age range so we can relate to everyone. And we also talked about the cartoons during our time, the soundtracks of those dubbed cartoons. We were very happy remembering those shows. We were like little kids. Though I was awake the whole night before, I wasn’t sleepy during our meeting. I had so much fun instead.

Killing Time

Four jobs I've had in my life:
1. Apple Picker
2. Tutor
3. Call Center Agent
4. Database Developer

Four movies I'd watch over and over:
1. Sound of Music
2. Notting Hill
3. The Wedding Planner
4. If Only

Four places I've lived in:
1. Margos
2. San Francisco,CA
3. Fairview,QC
4. Makati

Four TV shows I'd like to watch:
1. Charmed
2. Oprah
3. Deal or No Deal!
4. Smallville

Four places I've been on a vacation:The past few months?
1. Zamboanga
2. Cagayan de Oro
3. Bangkok
4. Pattaya

Websites I visit daily:
1. Google.com
2. Yahoo.com
3. blogger.com
4. geocities

My favorite food:
1. Chocolates
2. Pizza
3. Pasta
4. Cheesecake

Four places I'd rather be right now:
1. in the province (margos)
2. Seychelles
3. Santorini
4. Venice

Four friends I think will respond:
1. Trish
2. Vanna
3. Sam
4. Nina

Weekend Journal

Last Saturday, K’Anne and I watched Sukob at G4. I can’t believe that the cinema is still crowded though Sukob is showing for a couple of weeks already. When we came in there were no available seats, we were left with no other choice but to stand and wait for some seats to be vacant. We were lucky though because after about 15 minutes or more of standing we found some vacant seats. After watching the movie we went to eat then we did our rounds at the mall. Almost all stores are on sale. I was very tempted to buy or should I say I was already decided to buy a pair of jeans at Giordano unfortunately there wasn’t my size. I don’t know if I should be happy or what because I didn’t splurge on a shopping spree and I was able to save money or I should be sad because I didn’t get to buy anything for myself but the August ish of Cosmo magazine. After doing our rounds we decided to leave and get ourselves home.

Sunday after lunchtime we went to visit my cousin’s barely one month old baby at the hospital. The baby has hydrocephalus and her legs are paralyzed. She’s a very pretty baby though and her name is Patricia Alexandria Ysobel. She’s a very strong baby, she has been in the hospital since she was born because she’s premature but still she keeps on fighting to live.

After the visit we went to the mall we had shopping courtesy of my dad (anyway, haven’t I told you that my dad and I are now in good terms? We’ve settled everything.) then I watched the same movie again but this time with my brother and my younger sister.

Ok, about the matter that I’ve been blogging about, it’s all settled now. And we have a better arrangement. We already asked our dad about our moving out at first he was skeptical but we talked him to let us so he gave in but with some conditions. First, he wants me to bring the car (of course I’m getting a fuel allowance too!), second he wants my brother and I to come home to QC at least once every two weeks (that’s ok with us) and lastly, he wants to pay for the rent but we declined instead he’ll just give us a monthly allowance for our daily expenses and for our groceries. Those conditions aren’t bad, who would not want those? Those are the greatest deals ever! Very lucky me! I mean US, me and my brother.

After all the hitch, we finally moved in to our new home. We haven’t fixed our place and it doesn’t look like a home yet but it’ll soon be. I was busy sleeping yesterday preparing for my shift. (Yeah, I’m back to being a nocturnal worker and actually, I’m here in the office now. Wasting company time again… shhhhhh! ) We’ll unpack and arrange our clutter during the weekend and by then I’ll be able to post pics of our new home here. Soon.

Bad Day

I can hear Daniel Powter's song on the background.

Because you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day
You had a bad day...

It really is a bad day, its supposed to be our payday today but because of certain circumstances our salaries won't be released till Monday. Oh God! I was already anticipating for this day since the start of the week. I already planned on how to spend the mullahs that I'll be earning.

You see, it's really hard to count the chicks when the eggs are not yet hatched. Sigh.

I have this other problem... my brother and I don't know how to tell our dad that we're moving out, and we're planning to move out tomorrow. I really don't know how to tell him, I don't have any reason that would not offend him. As much as possible I don't want him to think that we're not happy with the way our lives go in that house, I want to break it to him in the most subtle way that I can. Question is... how?

I don't know if we can still move in tomorrow aside from the fact that we haven't asked for permission yet, I'm also penniless! How will I help my brother pay for the things that we'll need when we move out? Where will I sleep? We had a deal that I'm going to buy my own sleeping stuff. Does that mean that I'm going to sleep on the uncushioned bed while I'm penniless? How about my scolio? Oh my God! Good thing tomorrow and the day after tomorrow will be my rest days, I won't spend for my fare and meals.

I know I don't have to worry 'coz for sure my brother won't let me starve and sleep on an uncushioned bed but it's just that I'm more like ashamed of myself because every time I'm broke I always run to him. And he never asks for anything back. Though he's my brother I still don't like the idea, I'm already grown-up and working. I only spend my earnings for myself and I'm also receiving a monthly allowance from my mom but still I get broke. i think I really NEED to change my way of spending. These past few months I noticed I've been spending much on nonsense stuff. I really need to save! I need to save up for the rainy days... Well, no room for regrets. I might as well start anew (this coming Monday). A lesson to learn Kristina.

August is Here!

It’s already August, and finally we’re moving out of our father’s house! We were supposed to move in to a house somewhere in Boni, but we found a better place than that and it’s just within Makati, Mayapis to be exact. It’s a nice place. And the place is very conducive for learning (as if) and resting. The place is great! My brother and I just love it there! When he brought me there last Sunday I decided right away. I told him that the place is so close to the ‘home’ that I pictured in my mind. So right there and then we agreed to settle there. We’re moving in on Saturday (hopefully, I’ll keep my fingers crossed). We haven’t asked for our dad’s permission yet. :D But my brother and I both know that he will let us. I know that it’s what they want in the first place.

Anyway, the tension in my dad’s house has dropped down. We are all ‘friends’ now! Yeah! And that’s what my brother and I wanted, we want to leave the house without ill feelings.

We haven’t moved out yet but I’m already missing my bed there, the maids, my half siblings, my dad and her wife. We had our shares of ups and downs. I’m going to miss our Sunday luncheon. And the pre-slumbering talks and tv watching with our maids. They are my confidante, I can tell them anything and they still respect me no matter how big a fool I am! They are so sweet and thoughtful, they took care of me when I was sick, they cheered me up when I was down and they help me get away with all the household chores, specially doing the laundry. I really hate that chore.

Speaking of which, last Sunday night my brother and I did our laundry. Before we’ll take our dirty clothes to the Laundromat but we had no time do it last week so my brother just decided to do it himself. I was kinda moved when I saw him doing that so I offered to help him. We did our laundry without the aid of the washing machine! Shucks! Its sooooo hard! After that my fingers looked like sausages, I’m allergic with detergents. But now my hands are back to its normal size but the skin is peeling. Its as if I exfoliated it. But anyway, no regrets! I had a great time doing the laundry with my brother though. Hehehe.

SEGUE….

Thankies to all those who bothered to read my past entries. Walang personalan… bored lang.. J

Ei, about the story I was telling here it’s already done and I’ve posted it somewhere. It was kinda cheesy but I received great feedbacks though. J yabang noh?

I’ll get this over now, I’ll get back to work. I’m wasting company time again… :-P

Funny Instructions

Got this from my mail today and I just feel like posting it here...


Some examples of why the human race has probably evolved as far as possible. These are actual instruction labels on consumer goods...

On Sears hairdryer:Do not use while sleeping.
(Gee, that's the only time I have to work on my hair!)

On a bag of Fritos:You could be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside.
(The shoplifter special!)

On a bar of Dial soap:Directions: Use like regular soap.
(and that would be how?)

On some Swann frozen dinners:Serving suggestion: Defrost.
(But it's 'just' a suggestion!)

On Tesco's Tiramisu dessert: (printed on bottom of the box)Do not turn upside down.
(Too late! you lose!)

On Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding:Product will be hot after heating.
(Are you sure? Let's experiment.)

On packaging for a Rowenta iron:Do not iron clothes on body.
(But wouldn't that save more time?)(Whose body?)

On Boot's Children's cough medicine:Do not drive car or operate machinery.
(We could do a lot to reduce the construction accidents if we just kept those 5 year olds off those fork lifts.)

On Nytol sleep aid:Warning: may cause drowsiness.
(One would hope!)

On a Korean kitchen knife:Warning: keep out of children.
(hmm...something must have gotten lost in the translation...)

On a string of Christmas lights:For indoor or outdoor use only.
(As opposed to use in outer space.)

On a food processor:Not to be used for the other use.
(Now I'm curious.)

On Sainsbury's peanuts:Warning: contains nuts.
(but no peas?)

On an American Airlines packet of nuts:Instructions: open packet, eat nuts.
(somebody got paid big bucks to write this one...)

On a Swedish chainsaw:Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands.
(Raise your hand if you've tried this...)

On a child's Superman costume:Wearing of this garment does not enable you to fly.
(Oh go ahead! That's right, destroy a universal childhood belief.)

Back Track...

I was browsing through my old files and I saw this, I remember this was my first post on my friendster blog. This is a product of boredom... :-P

CRAZED...

I didn't really think I'd meet Prince William in person. Last month, I walked into the courtyard of Buckingham Palace with the wind whipping my carefully brushed hair into a bird's nest. The day was cold and damp, with the chill sneaking through the layers of wool, linen and cotton.

We walked past an arch guarded by a pair of beefeaters. Or Bobbies, I think. I'm not sure which they were. They’re the guys on London postcards pictured next to historic buildings--red uniformed soldiers standing at attention with foot-high fur hats sitting on their heads. They do not move, they do not speak, and they stand like statues against the buffeting wind. Very, very good looking statues. I would have taken one home if I thought he would fit in my hand carry.

We gave up our coats, mittens and scarves to the staff in the cloakroom, and were led into a big, airy hall filled with people in suits chattering and shaking hands.

And there he was. William. Tall, blond with serious blue eyes and a quiet smile. I could feel him watching as I shook people's hands. When i turned around, there he was, leaning against the wall across the room.

He tapped the shoulder of a man beside him, asked something, and gestured to me. The man answered, and William nodded his thanks. I thought he was going to walk towards me but he seemed to hesitate. Finally, he walked towards me. The room was suddenly silent.

“I'm sorry”, he said, “I know it is against protocol, but I couldn't just stand there and wait to be introduced”.

I swept into a graceful curtsy.

“I'm Kristin Ann, highness. From the Philippines”.

“I knew it was you!” he said triumphantly. “I apologize, it is not like me to be so demonstrative.” I raised my eyebrows. I wish he would get to the point.

“...but it's not everyday that a man meets the girl of his dreams.”

Whoa. i take it back. Slow down, you're going a little too fast.

“ Pardon, your highness?”

”Not 'your highness' to you. William. Call me Will.” he took my arm and steered me over an alcove, away from prying eyes. Possessive already. Not a good sign. I made a mental note to let him down gently.

Will smiled down at me. “I know you, I don't know why. I've never met you, but the moment i set my eyes on your picture, I knew you were meant for me.” He laughed a little at himself. “I know I sound quite mad, but I came today because I had to know if it was all my imagination. And it's not - you're here, I'm here, it's as if it was fated. Your eyes, your smile, your lips, your brows....” Oh good Lord, was he going to start reciting a sonnet about my ears?
Before he could go on, I raised my hand to silence him. You really have to be direct with royalty, else they'll go on and on.

“Will, highness, you must understand, I am honored by your attentions, truly i am...”
“Then, you accept my suit? You'll marry me?” He leaned forward to drop a kiss on my lips, but i stepped backwards and he nearly sighed. Sometimes, these aristocrats can be a little too confident.

“No, highness.” If a white man can get any paler, he did. I am flattered, but I cannot stay here. My heart belongs to the Philippines.”

He brushed it off. “I will go with you!”

“You can't you know you have a duty to England.” I could see him struggle with his emotions.
Like the gentleman he was, he smiled sadly and didn't press any further. “Very well. My apologies for presuming on your affections. My thanks for honoring me with your time, my lady.” He turned away, then stopped as if he couldn't help himself. “Remember I will always be here. Waiting.” I didn't let myself feel regret as I watched him leave. The room exploded into sound as dozens of people busily chattered over the sight of the Crown Prince being rejected.

As far as i know, the prince is in Scotland, nursing his wounded heart.

And I sit in front of the computer, nursing my delusions.

Reality TV

I felt like were on a reality tv these past weeks, we need to be cautious because there's someone watching over our every move. The difference is there's no big brother, but a stepmother watching over us. She's not like big brother who still cares for his housemates even when they make mistakes, she explodes like a bomb anytime she just feels like. She's also like a child who throws tantrums, and she also morphs to a different persona in just a split second. She can be an extremely nice stepmom but she can also be more wicked than the most wicked stepmom you've ever seen on movies and soaps in your whole life!

Last night we had our share of confessing in where else? The confession room! We (my brother and I) were called by our dad and stepmom to their room to talk about things. When we got there the environment is very different, you can feel the tension and pressure of the people inside, each of us is trying to control our emotions or else we’ll end up killing each other! Hehehe just kidding! We’re not that brutal yet… but we’re on our way! Nyahahaha! Anyway, I think I heard my stepmom’s teeth gritting and my brother’s fists clenching. There were so many issues raised. And take note, same old issues. So old that those are older than EDSA II, so why not drop it off folks? At first I was just observing, observing as to where the conversation would lead. But when the time came when I thought that I should really talk, I talked. At first I can hardly utter the words I wanted to say but after a few exchanges of words, I became used to it right away and words kept flooding from my mouth. My dad and stepmom were shocked, and I was also as shocked as them! I never thought I’d be able to say those words. Nah let me rephrase it. I never thought that I could tell those words to their faces this soon, I saw it coming but I didn’t think that it would be this soon. But have no regrets, ‘coz after that I really felt good. Not just me but as well as my brother. But I won’t dig deep on the issues that we’ve tackled, it’s something that I wanted to forget as of the moment. But before our conversation ended we told them that we’re leaving the house. We also told them that we’re leaving with no bitterness, we’re leaving because we just felt that it’s the best thing for all of us. And we also told them that we better leave while the damages are still tolerable. In short my brother and I told them that we’ll be doing a voluntary exit.

I’ve realized that its better that we had that conversation because if not it would be hard for us to tell them that we’re planning to leave and live on our own.

After our very heart-warming conversation (as if), we left the confession room (my dad and stepmom’s room) and went straight to our respective rooms and started packing our things. While packing my things I had mixed emotions, I was sad because we’re leaving and that means I won’t get to see my li’l stepbrother on a daily basis, and I’m sure I’m going to miss him as well as my stepsister (though we’re not that close but we tried bonding for some time), our househelps they are so cool and they are my confidante and it works both ways on us. Though it’s not me who pays them, but I know their loyalty is with me, with us (my brother). I don’t want to be hypocrite but I know I’ll be missing my dad and stepmom too at some points, they’ve been my family for over a year. I’m also going to miss my room, my commuting from Fairview all the way to Makati. And of course I’ll miss the home that I had for over a year. But even so I’m also happy ‘coz at last we’ll be free from our stepmom’s shadow. And we’ll be living on our own! I missed leaving independently.

We’ll be moving out this weekend, and our new home we’ll be at Boni, Mandaluyong City. The house that we’ll be moving in is a small (not to small that we couldn’t fit in, just smaller than the house that we have in QC or the province) pretty modern house. And its way nearer to my work, which means that I don’t have to wake up at 5 o’clock in the morning to catch my 8AM shift. And I can afford to take the cab on a daily basis, unlike in QC that I always feel guilty after taking the cab ‘coz it normally cost me 200 bucks or more. Yippee! Lucky me!

Anyway, I’ll be posting here pictures of our new home after we moved in this weekend. And later I’ll announce the house party that we’re going to have there!

But for now, I’m still going home to QC.